Floor-cleaning device



A. LEIGH.

FLOOR CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 050. a, 1920.

1,383,731 Patented July 5, 1921.

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rLooa-crnnmve :onvrcn Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 5, 1921;

Application filed December 8, 1920. Serial No. 429,191.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, ABNER LEIGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at.

Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFloor-Cleaning Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful provements in scrubbing devicesand particularly to floor cleaning devices.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhereby the scrub-- bine scrubber and mop.

Fig; 2 is a side elevation of the same.

, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the-device.

i Fig.- 4 is a rear elevation of the device.

Referring rticularl to'the accompanydrawingy thei'e is Zhown anelongated to the center of the back'ofv which is secure d'one end of a,handlfifiih TIL; gmg es. rearwardly I clam frame 18 m which is held amop 14,-tli

' imately .iing I ng Q e'said'frame be' of al ha proxettual to that fthe 1di- Secured'to t e clam frame 13, and extend- St. Louis, in thecounty of St. Louis City, State of Other objects and advantages will beapthe brush end may 0 thebrushisashaft 15, floor engagin supportinwheels 16. being carried by the finds of the s aid axle.

. Connected to the handle 11, and extending to the ends of the clampingframe 13, are the'braces 17. I

Mounted on the handle is a receptacle 18 which is adapted to containwater, and extending from the forward lower end of this receptacle is apipe 19 which terminates among the bristles of the brush for supplyingwater to the brush, as the device is moved back and forth over thefloor, In the lower end of the receptacle is mounted 'a spring pressedvalve 20 which prevents escape .of water until unseated by the upwardlyextendlng rod 21 which is secured to. the valve 20, and has a handle 22at its upper end, near the upper end of the handle 11, within convenientreach of the operator who holds the handle while moving the deviceacross the floor. j

In the scrubbing operation the'mop is, held out of contact with thefloor by reason of the fact that it is somewhat higher on the handlethan the brush, and when themop is to be usedthe handle is moved"downwardly until the mo touchesthe floor, when lifted fromthefloor. 7Thus, by means of a single device, and without moving from a standinposition, thwerator can scrub and wipe dry a floor.

at is claimed is:

A floor cleaning device including, a handle,

a slidably adjustable collar'on the handle' 1 v oppositely anddownwardly extend ing arms, a frame connected with and an ported bythefarms', a mop supfiortedin t e frame and .floor engaging I w by theends of the m Intestimony whereof I aflix ni'ysignature 86 in thepresence of two is carried v with LEIGH, Witnesses: I W J'omw Jonas, I

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